{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5447","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5447","heading":"Form.","body":"A living will may be in any written form expressing the wishes of a principal regarding the initiation, continuation, withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and may include other specific directions, including, but not limited to, designation of a health care agent to make health care decisions for the principal if the principal is determined to be incompetent and to have an end-stage medical condition or is permanently unconscious. An example of a living will appears in the combined form set forth in Subchapter D (relating to combined form).","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 54 HEALTH CARE","SUBCHAPTER B LIVING WILLS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=54\u0026sctn=47\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"710151590316d26d67bc6be86d890703575e28134614251d2132a0c844313381","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5446","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5451"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}